Sale 1138 — The Hanover Collection of Superb-Quality U.S. Stamps, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 6 October, 2016
Category — 1912-23 Issue (Scott 519-550)
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1c Green, Rotary (545). Mint N.H., brilliant color, detailed impression, almost perfectly centered with unusually wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT ROTARY COIL WASTE ISSUE, SCOTT 545.
By their very nature, rotary press waste stamps are extremely difficult to obtain with such choice centering. The production process was far less precise, resulting in many off-center stamps. The stamps were not meant to be perforated on the flat-plate perforating machines, which were set for a slightly different size of stamp.
With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo; SMQ $4,000.00). Only two have graded higher (one at 98 and one at 98J) and only two others share this desirable grade.
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2,500